Animal Factory Farms Research Paper

Animal factory farms have many procedures that harm the general health of the people in society. A part of the animal’s regular diet includes a small dosage of antibiotics to promote their growth and counteract the hazards of overcrowding the animals. In the animal factory farms,“up to 70% of U.S. antibiotics go to farm animals that aren't sick, to offset overcrowding and poor sanitation” (US Newswire). This misuse of antibiotics promotes more deadly strains of drug resistant bacteria to form and spread to consumers and society. For example, one major bacterial foodborne disease is Campylobacter, a bacteria that is most likely to be infected from chicken. Campylobacter is effectively treated by a family of antibiotics called quinolones, “but